Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 81859

Coeliac Disease: Gluten-free Foods

Tabled: 14 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with his Northern Ireland counterpart on introducing charge cards to support coeliacs in paying for gluten free alternatives.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
No discussions between ministers and their counterparts in Northern Ireland on introducing charge cards to support coeliacs in paying for gluten free (GF) alternatives have been held.In the United Kingdom, healthcare is a devolved matter. Nearly all healt...
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